I fully agree with your concerns and the expectation that there will be cuts which will adversely affect the recreational community particularly on the Columbia River. When that does occur I hope that our Legislators hear about it loudly and clearly and maybe, just maybe, they will take notice.

And just so I am not misunderstood I stand firmly behind the Commission concept being old enough to recall how it used to work when the process was far more bent by politics. That said, this iteration of a Commission needs to hit the Reset button and do it quickly!

Edit: Remember that the last recommendation for extension of the CRE included extending the coverage from Tongue Point to Buoy 10. That effort to increase revenue did not make it into the legislation which extended the CRE to June 2019. I bring that up because at some point there will be an attempt to reimpose the CRE and we need to read any such proposed legislation very closely!